International Journal of Childbirth

Aims & Scope

The journal is of interest to midwives, maternity care and neonatal nurses, maternity service users, obstetricians, neonatologists, pediatricians, physiologists, health sociologists, physiotherapists, health economists, biologists, and psychologists with an interest in maternal and infant research, maternity service policy makers and managers, doulas, traditional birth attendants, childbirth educators, and students of maternity care.

The International Journal of Childbirth (IJCB), a quarterly publication of Springer Publishing Company.

The IJCB is listed in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index.

The mission of IJCB is to disseminate original research, theoretical insights, case studies, and authoritative opinions that enhance our reader’s evidence-based safe practice in prenatal, antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal care.

Manuscripts are peer-reviewed by a distinguished editorial board.

The IJCB encourages the following professions to submit manuscripts: nurses, midwives, obstetricians, maternal-fetal medicine physicians, physiologists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, physiotherapists, economists, biologists, pediatricians, neonatologists, maternity service policy makers, health care leaders, health care safety experts, doulas, traditional birth attendants, childbirth educators, and students of maternity care to submit manuscripts that may have an impact on maternal and/or fetal health.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20977

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	39

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.203

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Nursing, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Factors Associated With a Positive Birth Experience: An Exploration of Swedish Women’s Experiences

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Ingegerd, Margareta, Annika, Jennifer

• Competence and Competency: Core Concepts for International Midwifery Practice

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Judith T., Atf, Peter G., Joyce B.

• Access to Maternity Services for Women With a Physical Disability: A Systematic Review of the Literature

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Denise, Joan, Cecily

• Sense of Coherence and Childbearing: A Scoping Review of the Literature

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Sally, Deborah, Jenny, Jan

• The Survivor Moms’ Companion: Open Pilot of a Posttraumatic Stress Specific Psychoeducation Program for Pregnant Survivors of Childhood Maltreatment and Sexual Trauma

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Julia S., Mickey, Heather, Heather, Anna, Sheila A. M., Susan A.

• Women’s Experience of Birth: Childbirth as a Rite of Passage

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Rachel, Margaret, Jennifer

• Grief and Women: Stillbirth in the Social Context of India

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Lisa R., Barbara A., Jerry W., Susanne B.

• Continuity of Care: Supporting New Graduates to Grow Into Confident Practitioners

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Vanessa, Deborah, Jennifer

• Burnout: Lessons From the Lived Experience of Case Loading Midwives

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Carolyn Mae, Liz, Judith McAra

• Women’s Experience of Trust Within the Midwife–Mother Relationship

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Marie, Aled, Billie

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